Collapsible clothing-form.



M. I. HAMBURGER.

GOLLAPSIBLE CLOTHING FORM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1913.

1,088,340. Patented Feb.24,1914.

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l 'aan I. HAMBURGER.

GOLLAPSIBLE CLOTHING FORM.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. o, 1913 Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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MANES I. HAMBURGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COLLAPSIBLE CLOTHING-FORM.

AppIicaton filed January 9, 1913.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MANns I. HAMBUnGnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Clothing-Forms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to collapsible clothes forms.

An object of my invention is to provide such a form one portion of which is hollow and adapted to inclose the various other portions when collapsed.

Another object is to provide a collapsible support for such a form which may be extended at various lengths and fixed or locked at any of said lengths.

A further object is to provide means for maintaining substantial rigidity of the form when extended.

@ther objects of my invention are to provide a form oli' the above type which will be both light and strong and inexpensive to manufacture, to provide economical means for inclosing and protecting the collapsed portions and to provide various novel forms of construction which go to make compactness and conveni-ence of transportation.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of my device in extended position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross section of a 'form shown in Fig. 3 in collapsed position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the form base shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal cross section of the device having` a modified form of supporting column. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal cross section on a large scale of the modification shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view on an enlarged scale of the locking means for the telescoping column of Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is a simplified form oi the bust with the hip portion omitted. Fig. 8 is a modification ef the bust showing the extensible portion oi' flexible material.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914..

Serial No. 741,123.

neck and shoulder portion 2 open at the bottom. Extending downwardly from the opening is a series of telescoping bands 3 forming in their extended position (Fig. l) the body and hip portions of the bust form. The middle band is flared toward the top and bottom and the succeeding lower bands are each tapered toward the top so as to surround and hang upon the lower outer edge of the preceding band with a wedging ei'lect. rlhe upper bands are tapered similarly but in the opposite direction so that each band will surround and hold the upper portion of the next lower band with the same wedging effect, the uppermost band being flared at the top so as to hang wedged within the opening in the shoulder portion 2. lVith this arrangement of the bands 3 they can all be telescoped within the hollow portion 2 as shown in Fig. 2 and when extended down through the opening in the shoulder portion, can be wedged in the extended position, together with the shoulder portion to form a substantially rigid bust form.

The bottom opening of the shoulder portion and the wedging edges of the bands 3 are provided with complementary, horizontally projecting stop-rims 3 to prevent the bands from being pulled apart or wedged too tightly.

The bust is mounted as a whole upon the collapsible supporting column 4. through a pivoted block 5 situated within the recess of the neck portion. The supporting column 4 is in the form of the well known lazytongs and is adjustably supported at its lower end upon a base member 6. The two lowermost arms 7 and 8 are pivoted to the ears 9 and 10 carried by riders 11 and l2 respectively, which are slidably mounted on a rod 13 :mounted within the base 6. It will be seen that as the supporting column 4 is moved Jfrom the collapsed position of Fig. 2 into the extended position of Fig. 1, the change p of angle between the arms 7 and 8 will cause the riders 11 and 12 to slide toward each other along the rod 13, until they engage a centering stop or collar 14 rigidly connected to the rod 13 at the center. In order to prevent the riders from rocking on the rod 13, the upper plate 15 of the base is provided with a guide slot 16 through which the ears 9 and 10 project. Each of the riders 11 and 12 is provided with an apron 17-18 respectively, which is threaded to receive the bolt of a thumb-screw 19-20; the head of the thumb screw binding against the upper surface of the plate 15 on either side of the slot 16 so that the riders may be clamped against movement.f It will thus be seen that the arms 7 and 8 can be locked at any angle and the entire column thus held substantially rigid at any degree of extension. OE- set projections 21 are provided at each of the outer joints of the lazytongs to reinforce said joints against lateral strain, said extensions being offset at such an angle as to aiford maximum reinforcement when the column is at its maximum extension. The base 6 is provided at its upper periphery with a rim 22 adapted to fit over the bottom of the hollow neck and shoulder portion 2, as indicated in Fig. 2, to form a cover for the same when the supporting column 4 and telescoping bands 3 are collapsed and nested therein. Suitable locking means are provided for locking the base and shoulder portion together, comprising a slot 23 in the rim 22 which engages a pin 25 on the shoulder portion together with a hook 24 for locking the pin in the slot.

A carrying handle 26 is pivotally mounted on the outer side of the hollow shoulder portion in the strap-bearings 27 and is adapted to lie flat against the form when not in use. A supporting eyelet23 is attached to the neck portion of the bust for supporting the same from above, when so desired.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6, show an embodiment of my invention in which the telescoping supporting column 40 is used. Referring to the supporting column it comprises a telescope struct-ure, having a hollow core member 29 rigidly connected to the bust portion at the neck and surrounded by a series of telescoping sections 30, the outer one of which is rigidly connected to the base 31. Each of these telescoping sections are provided at their upper and lower extremities with stop rings 32 and 33, respectively for limiting their sliding movement. The rings 32 are fast to the inner surfaces and the rings 33 are fast to the outer surfaces of their respective sections. Each of the lower stop rings 33 is slotted at 34, (see Fig. 6), to slide over a guide 35 attached to the inner surface of the adjacent outer section. Each of the guides 35 is notched at its upper extremity to receive one wall of the slot 34 so that when the sections are slid over each other and the complementary stop rings 32 and 33 come in contact the sections may be revolved so as to bring the wall of the slot 34 into engagement with the notch in the guide 35 and thus lock the sections against longitudinal movement in a well known manner. 1t will be seen that when the column is fully extended so that all the complementary stop rings engage, the entire column may be locked in extended position by twisting at the extreme ends, while any number of separate sections may be locked or unlocked by separately turning said sections. The base 41 is provided with a peripheral rim 42 to fit over the opening in the shoulder portion so that the base may serve as a cover in a like manner as before described. 1n this modification, however, the base or cover 41 and the shoulder portion are locked together by means of a key 36 pivotally mounted in the center of the base and coperating with a key slot in the diaphragm 3T which is rigidly mounted within the core member 29.

F ig. 7 is identical with the bust form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that the hip portion is omitted. This type of form is particularly adapted to the display of short upper garments such as a vest.

)referring to Fig. 3, the hollow neck and shoulder portion 2 is the same as that shown in the preceding figures. The collapsible body portion 33 is made of iiexible material such as canvas and is attached at its upper end to the shoulder portion 2 just inside of the opening in any suitable manner as by means of a binding strip 39 riveted to the shoulder portion with the canvas between. The lower end of the body portion 33 is secured to a rigid metal band 42 by any suitable means such as the binding strip 43 riveted through to the band with the canvas between. The flexible body portion 33 is held taut when extended by means of a toggle joint 44, the extreme upper and lower ends of which are pivoted one to the shoulder portion 2 and the other to the upper end of a post 45, respectively, the post 45 being rigidly connected to the band 42. The toggle joint is locked in its extended position by throwing the center pivot a little to the left of the line between the two extreme pivots and is held in this position against further movement toward the left by the pins 46 and 47 mounted one in the shoulder portion 2 and one in the upper end of the post 45, respectively. 1n order to maintain the proper transverse contour of the waist of the body portion 38 a rigid band 43 is secured within the body at the waist level. The positions assumed by the frame and toggle joint of the bust form when collapsed are indicated in dotted lines. The supporting means for the bust form,

which is omitted from this figure for the sake of clearness, may be of any suitable means such as previously described.

Having thus described my invention what l desire to claim and secure as Letters Pattent is 1. A collapsible hust `form comprising a hollow shoulder portion open at the bottom, and a collapsible body portion, arranged to be incased when. collapsed withinl'he shoulder portion and extensible downwardly therefrom through said open bottom.

2. A collapsible form comprising a plurality of vertically completely telescoping transverse bands adapted when extended to constitute a bust form of continuous lines.

3. A collapsible form comprising a hollow shoulder portion open at the bottom, a collapsible body portion extending downwardly therefrom through said open bottom and adapted when collapsed to be nested within the shoulder' portion, together with a collapsible column for supporting the same, adapted to be nested within the hollow shoulder section when collapsed, and a base for said column adapted to fit over and close the opening in the shoulder section when the column and waist sections are collapsed and nested therein.

4. A collapsible form comprising a hollow shoulder portion open at the bottom, a collapsible body portion extending downwardly therefrom through said open bottom and adapted when collapsed to be nested within the shoulder portion, together with a collapsible column for supporting the same adapted to be nested within the hollow shoulder section when collapsed, a base for said column adapted to close the bottom opening of the shoulder section when the column and bust sections are collapsed, and means for locking the base to the shoulder section.

5. A collapsible form comprising a plurality of vertically telescoping transverse sections consisting; of continuous and unbroken bands of sheet material of substantially uniform width and tapering downwardly, adapted when extended to hang suspended each lower section from the adjacent upper section, and to constitute a bust form of substantially unbroken exterior.

6. A collapsible bust form comprising a shoulder section of sheet material, open at the bottom and having a hollow interior, t0- gether with a plurality of vertically telescoping body sections nested within the hollow shoulder section and adapted when extended downwardly to form a rigid bust form, together with means for supporting` the same.

7. A collapsible bust form comprising a shoulder section of sheet material, open at the bottom and having a hollow interior, together with a plurality of vertically telescoping body sections nested within the hollow shoulder section and adapted when extended downwardly to form a rigid bust form.

8. A collapsible bust form comprising a plurality of vertically telescoping transverse sections, a vertically collapsible supporting column for the same having :1pproximately the same collapsed dimension as said transverse sections and adapted to be nested within the same when collapsed.

9. A collapsible form comprising a hollow shoulder portion open at the bottom, a collapsible body portion extending flownwardly therefrom through said openL bottom and adapted when collapsed to be nested within the shoulder portion, together with a collapsible column for supporting the same adapted to be nested within the hollow shoulder section when collapsed, and adapted to be extended at various lengths, and means operative from a single point and effective throughout the length of the column for locking the saine at any of sai1 lengths of extension.

10. A collapsible bust form comprising; a plurality of vertically telescoping transverse sections, a vertically collapsible supporting lazytongs column for the same having the same collapsed dimension as said transverse sections and adapted to be nested within the same when collapsed, together with fastening means adapted to maintain said support extended at its full length.

11. A collapsible form comprising a plurality of vertically telescoping unbroken bands, each having independently of the others the exterior form of a transverse section of a bust and adapted when placed edge to edge to constitute the form.

12. A collapsible bust form comprising a hollow shoulder portion, a collapsible body portion7 and a collapsible, supporting, lazytongs column for the same having the ends of the arms extended beyond the end pivots and olf-set so as to afford the maximum overlapping surface at the end joints when said lazytongs supporting column is at the maximum extension.

13. A collapsible bust form comprising a hollow shoulder portion, a collapsible body portion, and a collapsible supporting means therefor both adapted when collapsed to be nested within the hollow shoulder portion, together with carrying means attached to said shoulder portion.

le. A collapsible form comprising a hollow shoulder portion open at the bottom and a collapsible body portion, comprising the breast, waist and hips of the form, extending downwardly therefrom, through said open bottom and adapted when collapsed to be nested within the hollow shoulder portion.

15. A collapsible form comprising a shoulder section of sheet material open at Jshe i bottom and having a hollow inteiior, a pluand means for positively limiting the extension or downward movement of said sections.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of Jwo witnesses.

MANES I. HAMBURGER. llitnesses:

N. H. BRANTLY, JOHN P. TARBOX.

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